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Agape Monthly
St. Joseph Ukrainian
Greek-Catholic Church
pastor

Fr. Mykola buryadnyk

associate pastor

Fr. Volodymyr Kushnir

editor in chief

Fr. Myron Panchuk

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Thou Shall not Kill - Met. Andrey Sheptytsky Ukrainian
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Julian Hayda

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The Resurrection of Joy - Michail Cherenkov

staff writer

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editor

Volodymyr Beglov

God-Love in the Flesh - Archbishop Joseph Raya

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Paschal Pastoral of the Ukrainian Catholic Hierarchy in America

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The Kobzars Truth - Julian Hayda

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Resurrection is beyond of our

comprehension. Our first reaction to
the strange, unusual, striking event is
a fear. And this fear drives us away
from God's miracle, back to ordinary,
usual life.
The Evangelist Mark says that
women, who saw the angel in the
empty tomb, "went out and fled away
from the tomb, for trembling and
astonishment had seized them".
However Matthew says that
Jesus met them, saying, "Rejoice."

A Resurrection of

Joy
By Michail Cherenkov
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hrist meets us, stops in the return to the

past, to transmit joy of new life.
Today we may hear about the joy of
the Resurrection and the miracle of
new life from the pulpit of
"evangelical pope" Francis: "With a tenderness which never disappoints, but is always
capable of restoring our joy, he makes it possible for us to lift up our heads and to start
anew. Let us not flee from the resurrection of
Jesus, let us never give up, come what will.
May nothing inspire more than his life, which
impels us onwards!" ("The Joy of The Gospel").
We all have our fears - of unworthiness,
uncertainty, weakness, danger, death. Fear is
associated with the past, the old life. But the
joy of the Resurrection releases us from the
past and fear.
He has risen, so we have a chance to live
in a radically new way.
We buried our joy with Him, but it was
resurrected with Him.
The tomb is empty. Our joy is with us.
The resurrected One again and again
speaks to us: "Do not be afraid!", "Rejoice!".
May our Joy Arise in this Easter season!
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God-Love Appearing in the

Flesh of the Resurrection
After the Sabbath, and towards dawn on the first day of the
week, Mary of Magdala and the other Mary went down to
visit the sepulcher. And all at once there was a violent earthquake, for the angel of the Lord, descending from heaven,
came and rolled away the stone and sat on it. His face was
like lightning, his robe was as white as snow. The guards
were so shaken, so frightened of him, they were like dead
men. But the angel spoke and said to the women: 'There is
no need for you to be afraid. I know that you are looking for
Jesus, who was crucified. He is not here for He is risen, as
He said He would
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his is a simple and plain

enunciation of a fact, like
many other facts related in
the Gospels. This one however is fraught with excitement
and joy because it shouts that all
Christ stood for is true and real!
A tomb, by its very nature,
contains the dead which has been
laid in it. Every tomb since the
beginning of humanity, and every tomb until the end of time, is
marked with a sign which tells of
the person lying there: "Here lies
Moses. Here lies Mohammed.
Here lies Stalin." The bones of
all the saints, prophets, world
conquerors and of all men lie in
the ground where they have been
deposited. However, the tomb of
Christ carries a special sign,
unique and incredible: "He is not
here; he is risen!" That very
same person who lived for 33
years and at the end suffered,
died and was buried, instead of
turning into dry bones and ashes,
is now alive. "I am he. Do not be
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afraid. And they came up to

him, and falling down before
him, clasped his feet" (Matt.
28:9).
The event of the Resurrection
is the most astonishing fact of
human history. It disturbs. It
frightens. The Apostles themselves were upset by it. They announced it to each other, yet
wondered if it were really true.
"Some women of our company
amazed us...they came back saying that they had even seen a vision of the angels who said that
he was alive. .." (Luke 24:23).
Real as it is, the Resurrection
is unexplainable. It has to be experienced. It has to be seen and
touched. "Why do questions
arise in your minds? Why are
you troubled? See my hands and
feet, that it is I myself; touch me
and see for yourself; for a spirit
does not have flesh and bones as
you see that I have" (Luke 24: 38
-44).
The Apostle Thomas, a phi10

losopher at times and a skeptic

by nature, was emphatic in his
doubt when he heard the astonishing news. "Unless I see in his
hands the print of the nails, and
place my hand in his side, I will
not believe" (John 20:25). A
week later Thomas had his experience, and he believed.
All those who lived with
Christ for so many years could
now experience the same touch
of his skin, and squeeze his
hands. What a marvel! He is just
as real now as he was beforemore so! This tangible, visible
experience of the Apostles and
all who were accustomed to be
with
them lasted for forty days.
"Have you anything to eat?"
They gave him a piece of broiled
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and radiance nothing can stop or

even mar. "The doors were shut,
but Jesus came and stood in their
midst" (John 20:26).
In His Incarnation, the person
of the Son of God assumed in
himself matter, which is the
whole world, the whole of creation. In the Resurrection this
same matter becomes, in Him,
life and life-giving. The Resurrection is therefore the transfiguration of matter, of earth,
of man and of the whole cosmos. It is not creation of a new
life, but the victory of life itself
over death. It is life shining out
of death. It is life transfigured
into perfect, beautiful light,
shining in Christ and through
Christ. "How holy and radiant
indeed this salutary dawn, in
that it announces the most dazzling day, the day of the Resurrection on which light that existed before time comes forth
again from the tomb in flesh,
and shines for all"
(Office of the Resurrection).
The Transfiguration of the
Lord Jesus Christ on Mt. Tabor,
as related in the Gospels, is the
first manifestation of this mystical and invisible power of God
that transforms, transfigures, and
draws into the Kingdom of God
not only the human but the subhuman stuff of creation as well.
The Evangelists seem to be at a

ports this most ordinary physical

fact, was a medical man, a scientist. He talks about flesh and
bones and eating in front of people.
The Risen Christ is consequently no ghost. This experience of the physicalness of the
Risen Christ filled the Apostles
with wonder and joy for the rest
of their lives. All of the writings
of St. Paul are inspired by this
light of the Resurrection. His
preaching, and all of his theology, stem from the light he had
seen on the road to Damascus,
the light of the Resurrection.
The most extraordinary and
the most unbelievable becomes a
matter of fact in Christ, a matter
of reality and truth. His risen
body, for instance, is no longer a
mixture of life and death; it is
life in its fullness, whose power
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loss for words to describe the

amazing event of the Transfiguration. One says that "the face
of Christ shone like the
sun" (Luke 9:28-36); another
that his raiment (that is, matter
itself) was transfigured: "His
garments became as white as
light"
(Matt. 17:1-18). And Luke
says: "His clothes became dazzlingly white, whiter than any
earthly bleacher could make
them" (Mark 9:2-7).
The Transfiguration is but the
herald and symbol of the Resurrection. The Resurrection is not
the Creation of a new life; it is its
transfiguration into fullness of
life. After the Resurrection
Christ's hands are still scarred
from the nails, and His side is
still wide open from the spear.
The marks of His struggle are
still visible and real. He himself,
body and soul, becomes life and
life-giving. So it is with our humanity. Now, after two thousand
years of the Resurrection, humanity indeed still carries the
marks of sin, separation and alienation, but evil has been vanquished and annihilated, and reconciliation effected.
If the Resurrection of Christ
is the triumph of Christ, it is also
the triumph of God, and it is the
triumph of man. It is the redemption of the past and the liberation
of the future. The virtue and
grace which issue forth from the
blood of Christ shed upon the
cross-and which now streams
from the Resurrection-move
backward as well as forward in
the time and space of the history
of mankind. Here a universal redemption is offered to humanity,
and the divine life, the life of the
Trinity, is now within the reach
of man's grasp. Reconciliation is
not the reconciliation only of
man with God; it is also the reconciliation of man with man, and
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of man with the universe. Furthermore, in the risen Christ, a

new form of love, a love that
transforms all reality becomes
possible, and faith is lived and
absorbed into the infinite generosity of God.
The following excerpt from a
homily of St. John Chrysostom is
the history of mankind. Whenever it is chanted and solemnly proclaimed in the Church it conveys
to the whole world the message
that the reality of the Resurrection is salvation, forgiveness,
reconciliation, and the most generous love of God to all. For
man, the Resurrection is joy,
confidence, celebration, and
faith.
Let all pious men, and all
lovers of God, rejoice in the
splendor of this feast; let the
wise servants blissfully enter into
the joy of their Lord; let those
who have borne the burden of
Lent now receive their due reward; let any who come after the
third hour be grateful to join m
the feast, and those who may
have come after the sixth, let
them not be afraid of being too
late, for
the Lord is gracious, and he
receives the last even as the first;
He rewards the one and is gracious to the other; He repays the
deed and praises the effort.
Come, all of you, enter the joy of
the Lord. You the poor, dance
together. You sober and you
weaklings, celebrate the day.
You who have kept the fast and
you who have not, rejoice today.
The table is richly loaded, enjoy
its royal banquet. The calf is a
fatted one, let none go away hungry. All of you enjoy the banquet
of faith; all of you enjoy the riches of his goodness. Let none
grieve over his poverty, for the
universal kingdom has been revealed; let none weep over his
sins, for pardon has shone forth
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from the grave; let none fear

death, for the death of our Savior
has set us free. He has destroyed
it by enduring it; He has despoiled Hades by going down
into its kingdom. He has angered
it by allowing it to taste of his
flesh. When Isaiah foresaw all
this, he cried out; (0 Hades, you
have been angered by encountering Him in the nether world.
Hades is angered because
frustrated; it is angered because
it has been reduced to naught; it
is angered because it is now captive. It seized a body, and lo it
discovered God. It seized earth
and behold it encountered heaven. It seized the visible and was
overcome by the invisible. O
Death, where is your sting? O
Hades, where is your victory?
Christ is risen and you are abolished. Christ is risen and the demons are cast down. Christ is
risen, and the angels rejoice.
Christ is risen and life is freed.
Christ is risen and the tomb is
emptied of the dead. For Christ,
being raised from the dead, has
become the Leader and the Reviver of those who had fallen
asleep. To Him be glory and
power forever and ever. Amen.
The Resurrection is the wondrous fact which brings humanity the greatest joy because it is
the passage of man from death to
life and from slavery to freedom.
Man becomes a participant in the
life of God, and the heavenly
kingdom can now be seen on
earth.
Today is the day of the Resurrection. O Nations, let us be
jubilant, for this Passover is
the Passover of the Lord in that
Christ our God made us pass
from death to life and from
earth to heavenLet the whole
universe, visible and invisible,
rejoice in the feast, for Christ,
our eternal joy, is risen!
(Byzantine Missal)
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The full realization of all the

Resurrection is and of what it
brings to man cannot but make
the heart sing for joy, triumph
and exaltation. This full significance of the Resurrection is depicted in its icon. The general
theme of the icon is that of the
abyss that fallen, human, free
will has opened. Having separated man from God, it has now
been bridged; the "death of the
Savior has set us free."
Where is your sting, O Death?
Where is your victory, Hades?
Christ is risen and you are abolished!
Christ is risen and the
demons are cast down!
Christ is risen
and life is set free!
Christ is risen
and the tombs are
emptied of the dead!
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In the center of the icon of

the Resurrection Christ stands
victorious on the broken gates of
Hades. The expression "Gates of
Hades" is a symbol of the mastery of evil, of death and of slavery. When Christ "breaks the
gates of Hades" he vanquishes
all of these evils.
In one corner of the icon
there is a pit where demons lie,
deprived of their power, while
Christ gives his helping hand to
humanity, represented by Adam
and Eve. In the background there
is a triple circle, symbol of the
cosmos: it is bathed in quiet
light. This light emanates from
Christ. and from him it spreads
over the rocky landscape and
overflows into the whole of creation. It has a special radiance. It
is not like ordinary light. It is
capable of penetrating everything, even matter. The risen
Christ radiates the presence of
God. The icon says that the Resurrection is the transfiguration
not only of man but of the whole
earth.

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Lord Jesus Christ, source of

light and immortality, eternal
light born of eternal light, immortal light, invisible, incomprehensible, unchanging, and
unchangeable! You are the true
light who dwells in unapproachable light, and shines
forth from this: You are the
light of the Father's glory, and
its radiance. You are the light
of the heavenly hosts, and of
every man who comes into the
world. (Prayer of the New
Light)
The celebration of the Resurrection, Easter, is the center of
the Church year. It is not simply
a feast among other feasts, but
the climax, the center to which
everything converges, and from
which everything takes meaning.
It is the most significant fact of
the Christian religion and of the
Christian life. To understand the
Resurrection one has to live it
and experience it. The celebration of the feast allows one to
enter into this experience.
Very early in the morning, or
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at midnight, the Church is completely darkened. The Bishop

emerges from behind the iconostasis holding a lighted candle,
which symbolizes and represents
the risen Christ. The silence is
then broken. Christ "is proclaimed to be the light in the
darkness of existence. The Bishop sends forth the invitation:
"Come ye faithful, take light
from the light that never fades,
and glorify Christ who is risen
from the tomb.
The flame from the Bishop's
candle is passed from candle to
candle until all the people and
clergy have a light. Then all the
banners, icons, flowers and
swinging censers emerge from
all the corners of the Church. A
huge procession moves to the
outside of the Church. The Gospel of the Resurrection is chanted. The announcing of the living
Christ fills all hearts, and the
message that Christ is risen and
life is given is repeated by everyone.
The people then walk back
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into a Church that is : with light,

perfume and flowers. Everything
must be turned into a great, jubilant triumph of glory and joy. A
tremendous clanging of bells and
swinging of censers accompany
the singing of the hymns. The
chandeliers are ablaze-they are
even set swirling in motion.
They too must swing and sway
to signify that the whole cosmos
is dizzy with joy. Nothing can
stand still. The intoxication is
extreme. God is among his people. Even the mountains are invited to "clap their hands" and
the oceans to "leap like deer,"
and the morning star to "sing together with men."
Usually, the hymns of feasts
are long, very descriptive, and
convey a theological message.
The hymn of Easter is very short.
It .states a fact, simply and clearly: "Christ is risen from the dead.
He has crushed death by his
death, and bestowed life on those
who lay in the tombs."
This hymn is repeated over
and over again throughout the
whole celebration. Each time it
sounds stronger and more balanced until it penetrates the very
fiber of our being. It is as
though one were drinking heady
wine, and the reality of the Resurrection becomes just as intoxicating: "O faithful, let us drink of
a new drink, springing miraculously from the tomb which is a
fountain" of immortality: the
tomb of Christ from which we
are strengthened."
The mystery of the Resurrection cannot be understood in human terms, nor can it be defined.
We can only marvel at its reality.
Death has been conquered by
death. "Christ is risen and life is
supreme! Christ is risen and
there are no more dead in the
tombs" (Matins). Resurrection is
the annihilation of Hades and the
beginning of a new life. We have
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been buried with Christ in death

in order that as Christ is risen
from the dead we too may live a
new life.
The Resurrection still goes on.
Everyone is invited to receive
and to live in it. Only the personal encounter with the risen
Lord allows man to participate
in his life and to recover our
semblance to the Creator. It is
like the wedding encounter
when the two become one. In
Christ we discover that God is
love and that this love animates the whole of creation; it
now gives to the human face
the transparency of God.
"Blessed is the man who sees
every face as God's"
(Prayer of Evagrius of Pontus).
But there is an apparent and
blinding paradox. Centuries after
the Resurrection of Christ man
seems to continue to face death,
failure, hatred, loneliness. This
four-fold alienation which original sin has set in motion in man
is still at work in him. Indeed,
man feels alienated from himself. "He is no more himself and
does not know what to do with
himself. He wants to withdraw.
He mistrusts his spiritual powers.
He wants to run away and hide
even from himself. And, of
course, the most basic alienation,
the source of all the others, is
man's alienation from God. God
no longer seems to be the friend
of man who walks with him in
the cool of the evening. Rather,
God seems to be the hard taskmaster from whom man must
hide to avoid God's anger and
possible punishment.
All these alienations have
their roots in man, not in God.
Thus the new life, the transfiguration of creation which the
Resurrection has inaugurated, is
not an automatic delivery from
without, imposed on man. It is
rather a progressive deliverance
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which man must desire and in

which he must actively participate. It must be a vigorous and
full acceptance of his destiny. It
must be done freely and with full
consciousness. No one else, not
even God, can do it for us. All
the powers in man: physical,
moral, psychological and spiritual, have to be set in motion, all
working together to assimilate
what the Resurrection has
achieved.
Often man's powerlessness:
his moral enslavement and weakness, seems to make such a task
of assimilation too great-even
impossible. Furthermore, there Is
no human reasoning process, no
amount of words that can
"prove" to him the possibility of
such a redeeming process. It is
precisely the role of the Baptized
to witness to the possibility of
such a realization. The invincible
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Baptized person. Each Christian

must live this new life, breathe
with this new hope, walk upright
with the new reality of reconciliation in his breast.
It is this Christian love in
each Christian which exercises
demons, eradicates evil and heals
sicknesses. It is Christian love
which liberates and frees. The
world does not believe such a
love is possible. It is only by living such a love, witnessing to its
reality and power, that the Christian will arouse and inspire the
world to the conviction that its
problems can be solved. Only
living love will ever convince
the world that it can become a
family, a family of man one day
worthy of being the family of
God. It is only in the power
streaming from the risen Christ
that man can acquire this fullness
of life-only in Christ can he discover that what was once the
road to death has now become
the road of return to the Father.
The road that previously led to
nothingness and failure has now
become the road of return to
the One who is Life. What we
long for most deeply is already a
reality in the risen Christ, who is
coming, always coming, until the
Kingdom of God is supremely
fulfilled.
We believe that God raised
Jesus from the dead. We are,
therefore,
as
Christians,
"convinced that there is nothing
in death or life, in the realm of
spirits or superhuman powers, in
the world as it is or in the world
as it shall be, in the forces of the
universe, in the heights or
depths, nothing in all creation
that can separate us from the
love of God in Christ Jesus our
Lord" (Rom. 8:38). It is by
Christians living out this affirmation in their lives that the world
will come to believe in the possibility of its own resurrection.
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TO OUR CLERGY, HIEROMONKS AND BROTHERS, RELIGIOUS SISTERS, SEMINARIANS
AND BELOVED FAITHFUL
Christ is risen! Indeed He is risen!
Then (the women) went out and fled from the tomb, seized with trembling and bewilderment.
They said nothing to anyone for they were afraid. Mk. 16:8
It should be easy for us to think of a time when we were so terrified of something or someone
that we ran away in fear. Why did we run? Sometimes we were afraid of getting hurt. Or perhaps we
were afraid of losing control. Other times we were afraid of what we did not understand.
When we read the Gospels we can be surprised to learn that it is also those who are the closest
companions of Christ who fled in terror. When Judas led the soldiers into the Garden of Gethsemane
and betrayed his Master, it is the disciples who fled for their lives. Later, it is Peter, fearing a similar
fate, who denied Jesus three times. And almost at the very end of the Gospel, following the crucifixion,
death and resurrection of Jesus, it is the women who came to the tomb very early on that first Easter
Sunday morning, whom we witness fleeing in fear and astonishment. Why did they flee? Were they
afraid for their lives as were Peter and the other disciples?
Certainly, we must admire the tenacity of the faith of Mary Magdalene and the other women for
coming to the tomb in the first place to anoint the body of Jesus. It is astonishing they did not let themselves become discouraged either by the fearful events they had just witnessed two days earlier or by
the impossibility of what they planned to do. After all, how were they to get past the soldiers guarding
the tomb and whose aid could they enlist to help them roll away the great stone at its entrance?
But God, in rewarding their faith, removed all obstacles the soldiers are struck dumb and the
stone is miraculously rolled away by an angel in the form of a young man who now sits at the head of
the place where Jesus was laid. He tells them that Jesus is not there, that he is risen and that he will meet
them and the disciples in Galilee. But instead of responding with joy to this unexpected announcement,
the women are seized with fear and run off in haste.
Their reaction is not surprising because they had come to the tomb to pay their final respects to
their Teacher, who had died a horrible death. They were taken aback to discover the grave empty and
still more when they heard the message of the angel. And they were overcome with fear when they realized that the empty tomb had completely upended their world and challenged everything they thought
they knew. If their eyes were not deceiving them and if what the young man in the tomb said was true,
then the whole world had changed radically with Jesus resurrection, and that meant they had to change
too. The women had come to the tomb to honour a man who had died. Instead, they were sent out to
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proclaim that he is very much alive. Little wonder they were afraid!
Once again this year, we have completed our Lenten journey of prayer and repentance and, having
spiritually re-lived the final terrible days of Jesus earthly life in the liturgical services of Holy Week, we
find ourselves, along with the pious women, kneeling at the foot of the empty tomb of Jesus.
How will we respond to the astonishing sight of the empty tomb and the words of the angel? Will
we too run away in fear, unable to face a God who overturns our understanding of the world? Will we flee
from the personal challenge that He presents to us? Or, will we come to the empty tomb and find our
hope?
Whatever our hopes are for reconciled relationships, for healing from physical illness or emotional hurts, for a closer relationship with God, for peace in our families, our parish communities, our
country, for an end to the senseless spilling of blood in Ukraine and for the restoration of peace in our
homeland they are all found in the empty tomb. For God has reconciled everything to himself by making peace through the blood of the cross and through the crucified and resurrected Lord, the firstborn of
the dead and the beginning of the new creation. (Col. 1:19, 20)
Today we celebrate the resurrection of the Messiah, the Son of God. We, like the women, must
tremble with amazement when we approach the empty tomb. Christ is truly Risen! How wonderful it is
when we meet the living God!
Our fervent prayer is that our Resurrected and Living Lord may bestow his peace and grace upon
you and your loved ones, upon all our brothers and sisters scattered throughout the world and especially
upon our beloved and suffering Ukraine.
Christ is Risen! Indeed He is risen!
+Stefan Soroka
Archbishop of Philadelphia for Ukrainians
Metropolitan of Ukrainian Catholics in the United States
+Richard Seminack
Eparch of St. Nicholas in Chicago
+Paul Chomnycky, OSBM (author)
Eparch of Stamford
+ Bohdan Danylo
Eparch of St. Josaphat in Parma
+John Bura
Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia
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METROPOLITAN ARCHEPARCHY OF PHILADELPHIA

Ukrainian Catholic
827 North Franklin Street
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19123-2097
Phone (215) 627-0143 Fax (215) 627-0377
ukrmet@ukrcap.org
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This Week
CANDLES FOR April 2015
Memorial Candles

* In loving memory of Anthony

and John G. Deeds (Family)
*Available

Perpetual Oil Lamp

*For all those in prison

Lady of Hoshiw Shrine

* In memory of Ruth Laszynski

(Eleanor Goeters)
* Health for Josaphat, Mariya,
Francesco, Igor, Anna, Roman,
Volodymyr, Igor and Oleg (M.
Romanyuk)

Mother of God Shrine

* In loving memory of Dackiw,

Crowhurst,
Barnas,
and
Zubrycky Families
(Lorraine
Zubrykcky)
* Available

Iconostas Icon Vigil

Christ the Teacher

* That we maybe taught to live

Pascha everyday.
* Available

Mother of God

* Health for Zena Dankewycz

(Daughter)
* Peace in Ukraine (Powidajko
Family)

St. Joseph the Betrothed

SUNDAY, APRIL 19TH SUNDAY OF THE OINTMENT BEARERS (G)

THOMAS SUNDAY (J)

8:00 AM For the sick and shutins of the parish;
+John Zaobidny (T & E Kocur)
9:30 AM For the volunteers of the parish; Health for all grandchildren
(Lida Wozny); +Olha Holowata (Lida Wozny); +Walter Bilanycz
11:30 AM Svaichene Easter Brunch

MONDAY, APRIL 20TH - VENERABLE THEODORE TRICHINAS

9:00 PM - + George Kuzma, 15 yrs (Diane & George); +Anna Kucan

(J Kucan Family); +Bohdan, +Natalka

TUESDAY, APRIL 21ST BISHOP MARTYR JANUARIUS

APOSTLE HERODION

9:00 PM +Bohdan, +Natalka

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22ND VENERABLE THEODORE SYKIOT MARTYR EUPSICHIUS

9:00 AM +Irena Popowycz (Petro Popowycz); +Bohdan, +Natalka

THURSDAY, APRIL 23RD GREAT MARTYR GEORGE

MARTYR TERENCE

9:00 AM +Bohdan, +Natalka

FRIDAY, APRIL 24TH MARTYR SABBAS

BISHOP MARTYR ANTIPAS

9:00 AM +Bohdan, +Natalka

SATURDAY, APRIL 25TH APOSTLE EVANGELIST MARK

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VENERABLE FR. CONFESSOR BASIL

9:00 AM - +Anna 40 day, +Anna, +Ivan, +Mychailo (Daria);

+Bohdan, +Natalka; all souls in need of prayer.

SUNDAY, APRIL 26TH SUNDAY OF THE OINTMENT BEARERS (G)

THOMAS SUNDAY (J)

8:00 AM +John Zaobidny (T & E Kocur)
9:30 AM For the sick and shutins of the parish; Health for Mariya,
Ivan, Mykola, Walter; +Walter Bilanycz (Family)
11:30 AM +Erica, +Margaret, +Unsoon, +Marion (Dr. Podlusky)

* Health for the Kurylyuk Family

*In loving memory of Steve
Gawaluck (Gawaluck Family)

Thank you for Last Sundays Collections:

St. Nicholas the Wonderworker

* Health for the Sheshurak,

Boychuk and Nazar Families
* Available

Sunday Collections $1,324.00

Capital Improvement $105.00
Utilities $5,174.00

Protection of the mother of God

*Spiritual blessing for the Patterson children (Mom)

*For the fallen soldiers of
Ukraine (Mykolyash & Kuziy
Families)
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VENERABLE BISHOP GEORGE

Renovation $0.00
Easter $13,541.00
Other $5,507.00
Total $25,561.00
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News

Vyshyvanka School of Dance

The Vyshyvanka School of Dances annual recital will

take place on May 17th at 4pm at Ridgewood High
School, 7500 W. Montrose Ave. in Norridge. Tickets
are $25 per person. Featured guests include Roman
Sydoruk, Mariana, Boyovyi Hopak, and the Dyvo
childrens theater studio. This years concert is titled,
Love, Value, and Remember.

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Mothers Day Concert

As you rest from the Easter festivities, consider making a mothers day gift on May 9th to your mothers,
wives, in-laws, and aunts by coming to a celebratory
concert presented by Pavlo Doskocha and his creative
Goddaughter Kateryna Shymkiv. The concert will
take place in the St. Joseph church hall at 7pm. Tickets
will be sold at the door.. Information is at 773-8759705. Part of the proceeds will benefit the Ukrainian
Heroes Fund.

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Share 2015

Share 2015

Store up yourselves treasures in Heaven.

-Matthew 6:20.
Share 2015 Eparchial Appeal is the major
fundraiser in the Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of St.
Nicholas to support the most critical areas of operation.
Our most important projects: parishes and missions, communication and Christian outreach, priests
in need, seminarian formation, Eastern Catholic formation, eparchial administration.
Your gift matters, please donate today!

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Springtime with Manna

Lowe's, Menards and Home Depot come in $25, $100

and $500 denominations. If you are planning a remodeling project or spring yard plans, let us know
how many cards to order. Your materials will be purchased, and the Home Improvement store you choose
will be making a donation to St. Joseph. Email us
at stjoesmannacards@yahoo.com.

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Spirit of St. Joseph

Meeting on Tuesday, April 21st at 11:30am in our church hall. Bring your own lunch, coffee and dessert will be
provided. We will have our White Elephant Raffle. For this raffle, members are reminded to bring items (gently
used, no clothing) that you no longer use, but someone else would want. All are invited.
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Liturgical Schedule
- Sundays:
8:00am . /Divine Liturgy
/English

9:30am . /Divine Liturgy

/Ukrainian

11:30am . /Divine Liturgy

/Childrens

- Holy Days:
9:00am . /Divine Liturgy
6:30pm . /Divine Liturgy
- Eve of Feasts:
6:30pm /
Great Vespers with Litia
- During the week:
9:00am . /Divine Liturgy
/in the chapel

- Saturdays:
9:00am . /Divine Liturgy
/in church

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The mystery of Penance is available on
Sundays and Feast Days during
Divine Liturgies.

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